Good Morning Friends,
David concludes Psalm 139 with one of the
most challenging and frightening prayers you’ll ever find.
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me
and know my anxious thoughts. See if
there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” (Psalm
139:23-24)
You would think our hearts would not require
searching and testing. We ought to
already know what is in our hearts. But
often we don’t. It is so easy to deceive
ourselves about what we are thinking and feeling. We mask things even from ourselves.
Of course, God already knows what is in our
hearts. David’s prayer isn’t asking God
to find out what is in his heart.
Rather, it is asking God to make it known to him!
Are you willing to ask God for that? Are you willing to ask God to point out the
selfish thoughts and feelings you have?
Are you willing for God to expose to you the wickedness in your heart?
David prayed this prayer because he
understood how deceptive his heart was and because it was his desire to have a
heart after God. Do you share his
desire?
It’s a scary prayer. Will you pray it?
His, by Grace,
Steve
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